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It’s a third consecutive week at the top of the French albums chart for Francis Cabrel, his In Extremis sold 24,686 copies last week (-39%) for a total of 174,236 so far. Chambre 12 is also a non-mover at number two for Louane (18,489 sales / -13%). The LP has sold around 271,600 copies in its eleven weeks on the chart (all of them in the top two).

There is no change at three for Kendji Girac‘s self-titled album in its 36th week inside the ten best-sellers (12,446 sales / -31%). Frank Michael gets his highest-charting LP, as Toi, L’Amour Et Moi is this week’s biggest new entry at number four (8,000 sales). Both Les Couleurs De Ma Vie (in November 2006) and Quelques Mots D’Amour (in June 2013) peaked at six.

Grégoire‘s Poésies De Notre Enfance debuts at number five with 7,624 copies sold. This concept album is based on poems from La Fontaine, Prévert and Verhaeren among others. It’s Grégoire‘s fourth top 10 LP, after Toi + Moi (Number One for two weeks in July and August 2009), Le Même Soleil (Number One for one week in November 2010), and Les Roses De Mon Silence (number two in September 2013).

In its second week on the chart, the compilation Top 50 – 30 Ans (100 Tubes) Vol. 2 moves down two places at six (7,000 sales / -36%). Another one, NRJ Hit List 2015 also falls two at number seven in its second week inside the top 10. Christine And The Queens slips one place at eight with Chaleur Humaine in her 21st week inside the ten best-sellers (5,565 sales / -16%).

Stars 80 – La Compilation climbs two at number nine in its 24th week in the top 250 (5,000 sales / +14%). The album is still at mid-price : Stromae‘s Racine Carrée is up six places at ten in its 91st week on the chart (4,334 sales / +14%). The album spent 26 weeks at Number One from August 2013 to July 2014.

Four albums drop out of the top 10 this week. After 38 non-consecutive weeks inside the ten best-selling LPs, Black M slips one at number eleven with Les Yeux Plus Gros Que Le Monde. Soprano‘s Cosmopolitanie moves down four places at 13 in its 31st week on the chart. Encores falls 13 at number 21 for Charles Aznavour in its second week inside the top 250. Last week’s new entry at six, Mac Tyer is down to number 32 with Je Suis Une Légende.

In its 43rd week on the chart, Fréro Delavega‘s eponymous album jumps from 21 to number 15. Eros Ramazzotti is new at 16 with Perfetto (3,000 sales). The new LP is his first top 20 album since 2009 when Ali E Radici reached number five in May. The Avener moves up nine places at 20 with The Wanderings Of The Avener in his 17th week inside the 250 best-sellers.

Bush opens at number 29 for Snoop Dogg (2,000 sales). Ego Trippin’ was his last top 30 LP in France, it peaked at 19 in March 2008. Lisa Angell‘s self-titled album is a new entry at number 46. Her last LP Frou-Frou was at 28 in May 2014. She will represent France at the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday with the song “N’Oubliez Pas”.

Unsurprisingly Francis Cabrel spends a second consecutive week at the top of the French albums chart with In Extremis (40,682 sales / -63%), the LP has sold a total of 149,550 copies so far. There is no change at number two also for Louane with Chambre 12 in her tenth week inside the top 10 (21,318 sales / +2%).

Thanks to a new edition with five new songs, Kendji Girac‘s eponymous album is back up one place at three in its 35th week inside the ten best-sellers (18,087 sales / +107%). The compilation Top 50 – 30 Ans (100 Tubes) Vol. 2 is this week’s highest new entry at number four (11,000 sales). Another compilation, NRJ Hit List 2015 opens at five (8,000 sales).

Mac Tyer enters at number six with Je Suis Une Légende (7,711 sales). The new album is his first top 10 LP, he peaked at 25 in October 2010 with Hat-Trick. In her 20th week in the top 10, Christine And The Queens slips two places at seven with Chaleur Humaine (6,600 sales / -10%).

Encores is new at number eight for the (real) legend Charles Aznavour (6,168 sales). His Duos reached number three in January 2009. Soprano climbs one place at nine with Cosmopolitanie in his ninth week inside the top 10 (5,000 sales / +19%). Black M is down three at number ten with Les Yeux Plus Gros Que Le Monde in his 38th week inside the ten best-selling LPs (4,900 sales / +2%).

Four albums drop out of the top 10 this week. After three weeks in the top 10, Booba‘s D.U.C. falls seven at number 15. Last week’s new entry at three, The Magic Whip is down to number 19 for Blur (3,400 sales / -68%). Another debut from last week, the album Les Stars Font Leur Cinéma goes from six to number 20 (3,400 sales / -41%). The compilation W9 Hits 2015 Vol. 2 moves down a massive 22 places at 31 in its third week on the chart.

You can find these albums at €6.99 : in its 75th week inside the top 250, the soundtrack to the movie La Reine Des Neiges (Frozen) climbs eleven at number 13 (4,300 sales), Stromae‘s Racine Carrée moves up 29 places at 16 in its 90th week on the chart (3,800 sales), and Indila jumps from 58 to number 22 with Mini World in her 63rd week inside the 250 best-sellers (3,000 sales).

Affaire de Famille is new at number 27 for MZ. Django Django‘s Born Under Saturn debuts at 34. Their eponymous LP peaked at number 68 in February 2012. Mumford & Sons are not huge in France, that’s a fact as they only open at 54 with Wilder Mind. It’s their first top 60 album though, as Sigh No More reached number 173 in April 2010, and Babel was number 67 in September 2012.

Francis Cabrel‘s In Extremis debuts straight to the top of this week’s French albums chart with… 108,868 copies sold ! It’s not that surprising as it’s his seventh Number One LP, after Sarbacane (for ten weeks from September to November 1989), the hugely successful Samedi Soir Sur La Terre (for 29 weeks from April 1994 to February 1995), Hors Saison (for 14 weeks from April to July 1999), Les Beaux Dégâts (for five weeks in May and June 2004), Des Roses Et Des Orties (for six weeks from April to June 2008), and Vise Le Ciel Ou Bob Dylan Revisité (for two weeks in October and November 2012).

After four non-consecutive weeks at Number One, Louane slips to two with Chambre 12 in her ninth week inside the top 10 (20,963 sales / +26%). The Magic Whip gives Blur their first top 10 LP in France, as it enters at number three with 10,545 sales. Think Tank peaked at eleven in May 2003.

In its 34th week inside the ten best-sellers, Kendji Girac‘s eponymous album moves down two places at four (8,751 sales / +21%). Chaleur Humaine stays at number five for Christine And The Queens in its 19th week in the top 10 (7,335 sales / +11%).

Les Stars Font Leur Cinéma opens at six with 5,797 copies sold. In this album, you can find artists like Tal, M. Pokora, Corneille giving their own versions of songs from famous movies. In his 37th week inside the top 10, Black M is a non-mover at number seven with Les Yeux Plus Gros Que Le Monde (4,800 sales / +7%).

Booba‘s D.U.C. falls four places at eight in its third week inside the ten best-selling LPs (4,400 sales / -34%). The compilation W9 Hits 2015 Vol. 2 climbs two at number nine in its second week on the chart. Soprano is down two places at ten with Cosmopolitanie in his eighth week in the top 10 (4,200 sales / -2%).

Four albums drop out of the top 10 this week. After four consecutive weeks inside the top 10, Selah Sue slips two at number eleven with Reason. Violetta‘s Crecimos Juntos moves down six places at twelve in its second week on the chart. Les Enfoirés fall five at number 15 with Sur La Route Des Enfoirés. Last week’s new entry at three, Somnambules is down to number 18 for Raphaël (3,200 sales / -54%).

As he sang at the final of the TV show “The Voice” on 25th April, Josh Groban jumps from 45 to number 13 with Stages in his second week inside the top 250 (3,600 sales). It’s Josh Groban‘s second top 20 LP in France, after Awake (number five in January 2007). The compilation Planète Rap 2015 is new at 17.

In its 23rd week on the chart, Alain Souchon & Laurent Voulzy‘s self-titled album is up five places at 22. It spent one week at the top last November. As you can now find it on DVD, the soundtrack from the movie La Famille Bélier climbs 16 at number 27 in its 20th week inside the 250 best-sellers.

Je Vous Salis Ma Rue enters at 29 for Kacem Wapalek. Street Réalité is another new entry, at number 33 for Kamikaz (2,300 sales). This year’s winner of the TV show “Nouvelle Star”, Emji debuts at 53 with her eponymous EP which was only released digitally (1,200 sales).

Louane moves back up one place to spend a fourth week at the top of the French albums chart with Chambre 12 (16,668 sales / -0.2%). The LP has now sold 210,812 copies in its eight weeks on the chart (all inside the top two). Another former contestant from the TV show “The Voice”, Kendji Girac also climbs one at number two with his self-titled album in his 33rd week inside the ten best-sellers (7,241 sales / -6%).

Raphaël gets this week’s highest new entry at three with Somnambules (6,972 sales). His last LP Super Welter opened at number four in October 2012, but with 12,938 copies sold. He got three Number One albums, with Caravane (for 13 weeks from May 2005 to August 2006), Je Sais Que La Terre Est Plate (for one week in March 2008), and Pacific 231 (for one week in October 2010). In its first week, Je Sais Que La Terre Est Plate had sold an amazing total of 72,248 CDs.

Last week’s Number One, D.U.C. is down to four for Booba in its second week on the chart (6,700 sales / -84% !). Christine And The Queens slips one place at five with Chaleur Humaine in her 18th week in the top 10 (6,600 sales / -4%). The soundtrack from the TV series Violetta debuts at number six with Crecimos Juntos (5,100 sales). Gira Mi Cancion peaked at two last August.

In his 36th week inside the top 10, Black M is back up three places at seven with Les Yeux Plus Gros Que Le Monde (4,500 sales / -12%). It’s a good week also for Soprano, his Cosmopolitanie jumps from 14 to number eight to spend a seventh week inside the ten best-selling LPs (4,300 sales). Selah Sue is a non-mover at nine with Reason in her fourth week in the top 10 (4,300 sales / -22%). It’s down four places at ten for Les Enfoirés with Sur La Route Des Enfoirés in their seventh week inside the top 10 (4,200 sales / -32%).

Three albums drop out of the top 10 this week, and they are all new entries from last week. Moriarty‘s Epitaph moves down eight at number 15 (3,200 sales / -45%), the musical La Légende Du Roi Arthur falls twelve places at 20 (2,800 sales / -49%), and Sinik is down a massive 25 places at 30 with Immortel 2.

The compilation W9 Hits 2015 Vol. 2 opens at number eleven (4,100 sales). In his 36th week on the chart, Calogero is back up seven places at 13 with Les Feux D’Artifice. The soundtrack taken from the movie La Reine Des Neiges (Frozen) jumps from 30 to number 14 in its 73rd week inside the 250 best-sellers. It was number five for three weeks in February and April 2014.

Fréro Delavega‘s eponymous album moves up six places at 16 in its 40th week on the chart. It’s up eight at number 18 for M. Pokora with R.E.D. in his 12th week in the top 250. The LP was at the top for two consecutive weeks in February. As a coach of “The Voice”, Florent Pagny performed at last Saturday’s final, so his Vieillir Avec Toi climbs a massive 56 places at 24 in its 77th week on the chart.

Amaury Vassili moves up 17 at number 25 with Amaury Vassili Chante Mike Brant in his 26th week inside the top 250. Mike Brant committed suicide 40 years ago on 25th April 1975, and L’Inoubliable is up 51 places at 31 in its 26th week on the chart. In its 22nd week inside the 250 best-sellers, Alain Souchon & Laurent Voulzy‘s self-titled album jumps from 34 to number 27. Julien Doré climbs 23 places at 29 with Løve in his 78th week on the chart.

Sound & Color enters at number 41 for Alabama Shakes. Their Boys & Girls peaked at 62 in April 2012. HK & Les Saltimbanks open at number 42 with Rallumeurs D’Etoiles. Stages debuts at 45 for Josh Groban. Awake gave him his first (and only so far) top 10 album in France, as it reached number five in January 2007.

D.U.C. gives Booba his third chart-topping album as it enters straight to the top with 41,464 copies sold. Both Ouest Side (in February 2006) and Lunatic (in November 2010) spent one week at Number One. His last LP Futur debuted and peaked at four in December 2012, but with 49,437 sales.

After three non-consecutive weeks at the top, Louane is down to number two with Chambre 12 (16,697 sales / -7%). The album has sold 194,144 copies in its seven weeks on the chart. In his 32nd week inside the top 10, Kendji Girac stays at three with his eponymous LP (7,700 sales / -3%). Chaleur Humaine is also a non-mover at number four for Christine And The Queens in its 17th week inside the ten best-sellers (6,900 sales / -8%).

Sinik gets his fifth top 10 album as Immortel 2 debuts at five (6,300 sales). His last LP La Plume Et Le Poignard just missed the top 10 as it peaked at number eleven in September 2012. In their sixth week in the top 10, Les Enfoirés fall four places at six with Sur La Route Des Enfoirés (6,200 sales / -35%).

Epitath is new at seven and gives Moriarty their first top 10 album (5,800 sales). The Missing Room reached number 14 in April 2011. The musical La Légende Du Roi Arthur opens at eight with 5,535 copies sold. It’s down four places at nine for Selah Sue with Reason in her third week inside the top 10 (5,500 sales / -20%). Black M also falls four at number ten with Les Yeux Plus Gros Que Le Monde in his 35th week inside the ten best-selling LPs (5,100 sales / -18%).

Four albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Soprano‘s Cosmopolitanie slips five places at 14 in its 27th week on the chart. The compilation NRJ Spring 2015 moves down seven at number 15 in its fourth week in the top 250. After eight weeks inside the top 10, the Fifty Shades Of Grey soundtrack falls seven places at 17. Another compilation is out of the top 10, as 40 Hits Spring 2015 is down twelve at number 19 in its second week on the chart.

The compilation NRJ Extravadance 2015 is a new entry at eleven with 5,100 copies sold. In his 13th week inside the 250 best-sellers, The Avener climbs three places at twelve with The Wanderings Of The Avener.

Izia enters at number 13 with La Vague (4,196 sales). It’s her second top 20 LP, So Much Trouble was number ten in November 2011. Alain Chamfort‘s self-titled album is new at 16 (3,400 sales). It’s his third top 20 album in the 21st century, Le Plaisir peaked at 20 in September 2003, and Elles & Lui reached number 14 in June 2012.

Johnny Niuuum Ne Meurt Jamais gives Sadek his first top 20 LP, as it debuts at 18 (3,300 sales). Les Frontières Du Réel was number 29 in March 2013. Passage Flouté enters at 24 for TSR Crew. Hindi Zahra gets her second top 30 album in France, as Homeland is a new entry at number 27. Her Handmade peaked at 17 in January 2010.

In her 34th week on the chart, Ariana Grande jumps from 67 to number 29 with My Everything. The LP debuted and peaked at 18 last September. Beth Hart opens at number 39 with Better Than Home. It’s her first top 40 album in France, Bang Bang Boom Boom reached number 59 in October 2012.

Louane‘s Chambre 12 still rules the French albums chart for the third non-consecutive week (17,918 sales / -30%). The LP has now sold a very good total of 177,447 copies in its six weeks on the chart (all of them inside the top two). There is no change also at two for Les Enfoirés with Sur La Route Des Enfoirés in their fifth week inside the ten best-sellers (9,494 sales / -61%). For the first time this year, only one album sold over 10,000 copies last week. This sad thing happened for the last time during the week ending 11th May 2014 when Indila‘s Mini World was at the top with 11,198 sales, and Les Prêtres were at number two with Amen with 9,300 copies sold.

In its 31st week in the top 10, Kendji Girac‘s self-titled LP is back up two places at three (7,929 sales / -32%). Christine And The Queens also climbs two at number four with Chaleur Humaine in her 16th week inside the top 10 (7,500 sales / -35%). Last week’s new entry at three, Selah Sue is down to number five with Reason (6,900 sales / -59%).

Black M jumps from seven to number six with Les Yeux Plus Gros Que Le Monde in his 34th week inside the ten best-sellers (6,200 sales / -23%). A compilation gets this week’s highest debut, as 40 Hits Spring 2015 opens at seven (5,300 sales). Another one, NRJ Spring 2015 is a non-mover at number eight in its third week in the top 10 (4,900 sales / -29%).

Soprano‘s Cosmopolitanie climbs one place at nine in its sixth week inside the top 10 (4,500 sales). The soundtrack to the movie Fifty Shades Of Greyalso moves up one at number ten in its eighth week inside the ten best-selling LPs (4,200 sales).

Two albums drop out of the top 10 this week. After just one week in the top 10 (so far), Sam Smith slips two places at eleven with In The Lonely Hour. Last week’s new entry at four, Kaaris moves down to number 13 with Le Bruit De Mon Ame (3,300 sales / -76%).

In his 12th week on the chart, The Avener is up a massive 25 places at 15 with The Wanderings Of The Avener (2,900 sales). The album debuted and peaked at number two in January. It’s a very good week for Scorpions, their Return To Forever jumps from 70 to number 17 in its seventh week inside the top 250 (2,500 sales). PTX moves up 53 places at 19 for Pentatonix in its third week on the chart (2,300 sales).

The soundtrack to the movie Furious 7 climbs 63 at number 21 in its second week inside the 250 best-sellers (2,300 sales). A former Number One, Gradur‘s L’Homme Au Bob is back up ten places at 23 in its seventh week on the chart. It’s up nine at number 25 for Sia with 1000 Forms Of Fear in her 40th week in the top 250.

Je Trouve Pas Le Sommeil jumps from 41 to number 26 for Jul in its 18th week on the chart. The double live album 20 Ans ! enters at 44 for Les Ogres De Barback. Their last studio LP Vous M’Emmerdez ! was number 17 in March 2014.

Louane‘s Chambre 12 climbs one place to spend a second week at the top of the French albums chart in its fifth week inside the top 10 (25,577 sales / +25%). The LP has sold 159,529 copies so far. After three consecutive weeks at Number One, Les Enfoirés are down to two with Sur La Route Des Enfoirés in their fourth week on the chart (24,100 sales / -33%).

Reason gives Selah Sue her second top 10 album in France as it’s this week’s highest new entry at number three with 17,016 copies sold. Her self-titled LP peaked at nine in April 2012. There is another debut inside the top five as Kaaris opens at four with Le Bruit De Mon Ame (13,600 sales). It’s the rapper’s second top five LP, his Or Noir reached number three in November 2013.

In its 30th week inside the ten best-sellers, Kendji Girac‘s eponymous album moves down two places at five (11,700 sales / +4%). Chaleur Humaine slips two at number six for Christine And The Queens in its 15th week in the top 10 (11,500 sales / +7%). It’s also down two places at seven for Black M with Les Yeux Plus Gros Que Le Monde in his 33rd week inside the top 10 (8,000 sales / +19%). The compilation NRJ Spring 2015 is a non-mover at number eight in its second week on the chart (6,900 sales / +25%).

In his 38th week inside the 250 best-sellers, Sam Smith has finally managed to enter the top 10 as In The Lonely Hour climbs three places at nine (6,800 sales / +55%). Soprano‘s Cosmopolitanie falls three at number ten in its fifth week in the top 10.

Three albums drop out of the top 10 this week. After seven consecutive weeks inside the ten best-sellers, the soundtrack to the movie Fifty Shades Of Grey moves down five places at eleven. Calogero also falls five at number 15 with Les Feux D’Artifice in his 33rd week on the chart. Last week’s new entry at nine, the tribute album to Pierre Bachelet, Nous L’Avons Tant Aimé is down to number 22.

It’s not their third top 10 LP in France, but Endless Forms Most Beautiful jumps from 148 to number twelve for Nightwish as there was a physical release last week (6,000 sales). Once was number nine in June 2004, and Dark Passion Play peaked at six in October 2007. Julie Zenatti enters at 13 with Blanc (5,100 sales). It was close from being her highest-charting album, Comme Vous… reached number twelve in November 2004. Her last studio LP Plus De Diva had only peaked at 30 in March 2010.

Fenomeno is new at number 14 for Lartiste (4,900 sales). In his third week on the chart, Mark Knopfler is back up three places at 16 with Tracker. The Day Is My Enemy gives The Prodigy their third top 20 album in France, as it debuts at number 17 (4,300 sales). Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned was also at 17 in August 2004, and The Fat Of The Land peaked at number two in July 1997 (behind the slightly different Romanza by Andrea Bocelli).

I Muvrini‘s Invicta opens at 18. Their Gioia reached number six in March 2010. As there was a show about their long careers on French TV last week, Alain Souchon & Laurent Voulzy climb a massive 29 places at 21 in their 19th week inside the top 250.

French dance DJ / producer Madeon has a new entry at number 29 with Adventure (3,000 sales). Another tribute LP, but for a living artist : Joyeux Anniversaire M’sieur Dutronc opens at 30. Love Me Tender is new at number 37 for Vigon Bamy Jay (2,500 sales). Les Soul Men debuted and peaked at seven in April 2013. Erick Bamy sadly passed away on 27th November 2014, aged 64.